Evidence
9 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-9).
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[1]research packet 495-packet.md (6 sources cited) [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-lcs-l-3-123-lcsl3123-pkt-495-packet-md
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[2]Bureau of Ships, Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels, Vol. II, NAVSHIPS 250-011 (15 April 1945), LCS(L)(3) roster table [other_primary]
- Locator
- NAVSHIPS 250-011, LCS(L)(3) roster table, p. 222, hulls 121-130 block
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The Bureau of Ships roster identifies LCS(L)(3)123 as built by George Lawley & Sons Corp., Neponset, Massachusetts ('do' ditto under the hull-121 builder entry); keel laid 14 November 1944; launched 24 November 1944; and first commissioned 11 December 1944.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944
- Population
- George Lawley & Sons construction trades; ship's company at commissioning
- Limitations
- Primary construction and commissioning record only; it contains no asbestos, insulation, abatement, crew-service, or final-disposition information for this hull. Scanned-image volume read at page 222 (roster rows LCS(L)(3)121-130).
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lcs-l-3-123-lcsl3123-01
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[3]NavSource Online, USS LCS(L)(3)-123 page (Amphibious Photo Archive) [other_primary]
- Locator
- Page heading, service narrative, and final-disposition paragraphs; specifications block citing NAVSHIPS 250-012
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- The page identifies this hull as USS LCS(L)(3)-123, states commissioning on 11 December 1944 under LT. D. A. Oliver Jr., USN, and assigns the ship to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater with LCS(L)(3) Flotilla Four, Group Ten, Division Twenty. It records the Okinawa Gunto operation (assault and occupation, 10 May to 30 June 1945), Far East occupation service 2 September 1945 to 5 February 1946, one battle star, decommissioning and striking dates unknown, sale to W.P. Hunt Oil Co. in Virginia on 14 August 1947 under the name Hunt Bros. No. 10, possible resale in the 1960s to a Dare County, North Carolina company for conversion to gravel hauling, and final disposition as probably purposely grounded in the late 1960s near Rodanthe, North Carolina.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1944-1947 (Navy service); 1947-late 1960s (commercial use)
- Population
- Ship's company (6 officers, 65 enlisted per class specifications block); Okinawa campaign and occupation-force crew; post-1947 commercial crews
- Limitations
- NavSource is an archival compilation rather than a Navy registry; this page supplies ship-specific identity, service narrative, and commercial-disposition narrative but does not document asbestos, insulation composition, or abatement. The commercial-history details after 1947 are unattributed within the page and the late-1960s grounding is stated as 'probably' - a probability, not a confirmed event.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lcs-l-3-123-lcsl3123-02
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[4]NCDOT, Record of Decision, Bonner Bridge Replacement Project Phase IIb, STIP B-2500B (signed 15 December 2016), including NC State Historic Preservation Office memorandum of 27 October 2016 (ER 90-8304) [other_primary]
- Locator
- ROD Appendix D, SHPO memorandum p. D-1 (PDF p. 247); discussion of Pappy Lane Wreck Remains in ROD text
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- In the Section 106 record for the Bonner Bridge replacement, Pan-American Consultants, Inc. investigated the previously recorded shipwreck site PAS0001 (the 'Pappy's Lane Wreck') in Pamlico Sound and recommended it eligible for listing on the National Register of Historic Places; the NC State Historic Preservation Office concurred and recommended a 100-meter no-disturbance buffer around the visible wreck, with avoidance accomplished by spanning the wreck location.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 2015-2016 survey and consultation
- Population
- None - archaeological resource management context
- Limitations
- The 2016 Section 106 record treats PAS0001 as a potentially significant submerged cultural resource and does not name a hull number - the attribution of the wreck to USS LCS(L)(3)-123 is circumstantial (see ECU and Frontiers rows). 'Eligible for listing' is a determination of eligibility, not a completed NRHP listing; no formal listing of PAS0001 was located. The record contains no asbestos, hazmat, or materials-composition information about the wreck.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lcs-l-3-123-lcsl3123-03
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[5]East Carolina University Program in Maritime Studies / UNC Coastal Studies Institute, 'Pappy's Lane Shipwreck Project' (2020) and ECU News Services, 'Grounded in History: Field school identifies Pamlico Sound mystery wreck' (31 January 2018) [other_primary]
- Locator
- ECU Maritime Studies project page; ECU News article paragraphs on skeg diagnostics, Hunt Bros. No. 10 registration, and NRHP eligibility
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- ECU/CSI describe a month-long September 2017 archaeological field school on the Pappy's Lane wreck in Pamlico Sound off Rodanthe, funded by NCDOT because the site lies in the path of the Bonner Bridge extension. Stern skeg features matched the LCS(L)(3) type (compared against preserved sister LCS-102 at Mare Island); after eliminating other candidates the team concluded evidence suggests the wreck is specifically USS LCS(L)(3)-123, which served as the petroleum tank barge Hunt Bros. No. 10 (hauling heating oil and diesel for Hunt Oil Co., Hampton, VA), fell out of registration in 1965, and grounded in Pamlico Sound in the 1960s after two gravel barges and then a salvage vessel went aground at the site. Divers and a reviewing biologist noted a petroleum smell and sheen consistent with its tank-barge service.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 2017-2018 fieldwork; wreck event late 1960s
- Population
- Archaeological field-school divers/researchers on site September 2017
- Limitations
- The wreck-to-hull identification is the investigators' circumstantial determination ('evidence presently suggest'), not a confirmed registry match; ECU itself frames it as probable. The pages document wreck condition and identification research only - they contain no asbestos survey, insulation analysis, or hazmat data. Petroleum odor/sheen observed in 2017 documents residual petroleum product aboard the wreck, not asbestos.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lcs-l-3-123-lcsl3123-04
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[6]Price KA, Garrison CE, Richards N, Field EK, 'A Shallow Water Ferrous-Hulled Shipwreck Reveals a Distinct Microbial Community,' Frontiers in Microbiology 11:1897 (2020), doi:10.3389/fmicb.2020.01897 [other_primary]
- Locator
- Frontiers in Microbiology 11:1897, 'Historical Significance' paragraph and Figure 1 site description
- Finding type
- environmental_record
- Finding
- A peer-reviewed study of shipwreck-site microbial ecology states that the Pappy Lane shipwreck (NC site PAS0001) 'likely represents the remains of the USS LCS(L)(3) 123, built as a warship in 1944 and eventually deposited in Eastern Pamlico Sound in the 1960s after a post-war career as a barge,' citing the Richards 2018 NCDOT mitigation report. It fixes the wreck at bow 35 deg 36'3.19" N, 75 deg 28'24.63" W and stern 35 deg 36'1.78" N, 75 deg 28'25.34" W, approximately 50 m long overall, 9 m wide, and 1 m deep, sampled in September 2017.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- September 2017 sampling; published 2020
- Population
- None - scientific sampling of the wreck site
- Limitations
- Peer-reviewed source documents wreck location, dimensions, and the investigators' probable hull identification; it is a microbial-ecology study, not a hazardous-materials survey. It contains no asbestos data, does not assess hull insulation, and its identification rests on the circumstantial case in Richards 2018.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lcs-l-3-123-lcsl3123-05
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[7]U.S. GAO, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (18 October 1979) [gao]
- Locator
- GAO product page highlights section describing thermal insulation, gaskets, and 1975/1979 policy
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- GAO describes Navy shipbuilding and repair use of asbestos insulation and other applications including gaskets, and discusses Navy policies for asbestos insulation removal and replacement (1975 policy to replace only damaged insulation; 1979 modification to selectively replace asbestos insulation in high-maintenance areas). This provides Navy-era context for a 1944-built landing craft.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 1975-1979 policy review; context applied cautiously to 1944 construction
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers and Navy shipbuilding/repair program
- Limitations
- Program-level evidence, not a record of LCS(L)(3)-123 or the LCS(L)(3) class; GAO fieldwork was at Long Beach and Norfolk Naval Shipyards. It does not establish that asbestos was installed aboard this hull, identify products or quantities aboard, establish exposure or causation, or show what remains today. The GAO full report was blocked by HTTP 403 to automated retrieval; the official product page (verified live 2026-09-30) and its indexed highlights were used.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lcs-l-3-123-lcsl3123-06
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[8]National Register of Historic Places Registration Form (draft) for LCS-102, Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo CA - the preserved sister ship of this class (NRHP 15000716, listed 13 October 2015) [nps]
- Locator
- NRHP registration form Section 7, narrative description and materials fields
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- The NRHP registration form for LCS-102, the class's preserved example, describes the type as a shallow-draft all-welded steel-hull gunboat 158 ft long, 23 ft 3 in beam, 387 tons full load, built to accompany landing craft and provide close-in fire support, with the Navy contracting for 130 vessels of the class in 1944-1945. The nomination lists principal exterior materials as steel plating, frame, and piping.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 2015 nomination; describes 1944-1945 construction
- Population
- LCS(L)(3) class construction (all builders)
- Limitations
- Class-level documentation of a sister ship, not a record of LCS(L)(3)-123. The nomination contains no mention of asbestos, insulation composition, or hazardous materials - its silence does not establish presence or absence aboard any hull, including this one. Draft form hosted by the California Office of Historic Preservation; the listed property is LCS-102, not this vessel.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lcs-l-3-123-lcsl3123-07
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[9]Batch 5673 source sweep across NHHC/DANFS, Naval Vessel Register, NARA, NPS/NRHP, NavSource, Bureau of Ships Ships' Data, GAO, NCDOT/SHPO Section 106 records, ECU/CSI, Frontiers, and CourtListener search ledger [other_primary]
- Locator
- Search-ledger rows sl-uss-lcs-l-3-123-lcsl3123-01 through -10
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record was located for USS LCS(L)(3)-123: no hull survey, abatement record, hazmat disclosure, asbestos product identification, or verified litigation finding naming this hull was found in the sources searched. The 2016-2018 archaeological and Section 106 record documents the wreck's structure and petroleum history but contains no asbestos content.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-30
- Study period
- 2026-09-30
- Limitations
- A negative public-record search does not prove absence of asbestos aboard. CourtListener exact-name opinion queries returned zero results and the docket query remained queued behind the fleet request pacer at research cutoff - the docket gap is open, not a negative result. NARA catalog produced no indexed record for this hull but its public API responses were not usable JSON at research time. No exposure, causation, quantity, present-day material, or legal-eligibility conclusion follows.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-lcs-l-3-123-lcsl3123-08